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Lithuania:
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Other pages in this profile of Lithuania:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Ground Forces, Naval Force, Lithuanian Military Air Forces, National Defense Volunteer Forces (2005) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for volunteers; 12-month conscript service obligation (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 915,187 females age 16-49: 906,097 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 678,434 females age 16-49: 749,483 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 25,907 females age 16-49: 24,735 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.2% (2006; 1.23% 2007 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Lithuania and Russia committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as a EU member state having an external border with a non-EU member, to strict Schengen border rules; the Latvian parliament has not ratified its 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns over potential hydrocarbons; as of January 2007, ground demarcation of the boundary with Belarus was complete and mapped with final ratification documents in preparation |
Illicit drugs |
Definition transshipment and destination point for cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, and opiates from Southwest Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, and neighboring Baltic countries; growing production of high-quality amphetamines, but limited production of cannabis, methamphetamines; susceptible to money laundering despite changes to banking legislation |
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